Hadith

Criticism of: Tradition of Mufaddal

December 13, 2015 twelvershia.net 0

The following is a short criticism to the lengthy: Tradition of Mufaddal, which can be found on the al-islam.org website here.   The publisher describes the piece as follows: This text is the English translation of the Tradition of Mufaddal, [read more]

Hadith

Nahjul Balagha Contradicts Shia Teachings

December 12, 2015 twelvershia.net 3

Download this article in PDF Ta’amulaat fee Kitaab Nahjul Balagha (Contemplations on the Peak of Eloquence) Written by Muhammad Saadiq (may Allah reward him) Translation: Hani ‘al-Taraabulsee’ (May Allah forgive him)     Praise be to God only and may [read more]

Articles

Myth of the 400 Usul in the Shi’ite Tradition

November 28, 2015 twelvershia.net 0

The 400 Usūl (foundations) have continuously been claimed to be the backbone of the Twelver Shi’ite hadith corpus. Major Shi’ite traditionists, such as Al-Kulayni and Al-Saduq, allegedly based their later hadith collections on these earlier works. Shi’ite polemicists often attempt [read more]